Tag: Bruce Springsteen
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East Brunswick to hold July 4 celebration
The Township of East Brunswick will hold a July 4th celebration and fireworks at the Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, on July 4. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. with free admission, parking, giveaways, bounce rides, face painting and balloon twisting. There will be a watermelon eating contest sponsored by East Brunswick Stop & Shop,…
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Monmouth University will house Springsteen archives
Monmouth University has created a partnership with Bruce Springsteen to establish the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at the university’s campus in West Long Branch. Through the collaboration, Monmouth University will become the official archival repository for Springsteen’s written works, photographs, periodicals and artifacts, according to a press release from the school.…
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Springsteen awarded Medal of Freedom in White House ceremony
By Mark Rosman Staff Writer Bruce Springsteen, the Freehold Borough native who has forged a music career that spans almost a half-century, has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Springsteen and 20 other individuals were honored during a ceremony at the White House, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22. The Presidential…
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Fans thrilled with chance to meet Freehold rocker
By Clare Marie Celano Correspondent Fans were literally “sprung from cages out on Highway 9” on Sept. 27 as they lined up inside rows of steel barriers while they waited to meet Bruce Springsteen when the Freehold Borough native came to Barnes and Noble, Route 9, Freehold Township, for a meet and greet upon the…
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Fans travel from near and far to greet Springsteen in Freehold
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer Residents from many hometowns came to Freehold Township to meet an icon who calls Freehold Borough his hometown. Following the release of his memoir “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen, who turned 67 on Sept. 23, made a Sept. 27 appearance at Barnes & Noble, Route 9. Thousands of people who…
